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by CigarCraig | December 22, 2015 · 7:40 am

CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2015 Day 12: Gurkha

It’s finally here, Day 12, and boy do we have a bunch of stuff for the lucky winner! Gurkha always comes through with great stuff for under the tree and in the stockings, and this year is no different. Where to start? Well, there’s a box of the East India Trading Co. Classic Cigar Havana Blend No. 359 Lancero. This is a box of twenty 7″ x 42 cigars, and if they are anything like their robusto cousins, which I smoke often, they are very good, with some surprising flavors. I’ll be looking for some of these to try. If that wasn’t enough, there a great red ceramic ashtray, a survival knife that my youngest son has, in the past, described as “Bad Ass”, a really cool Barracuda dual flame torch lighter with a flip out punch cutter, and wrap it all up (literally, if you like) in a huge Gurkha flag! THAT is a load of great stuff! Everything you need to cut, light, ash and enjoy a great cigar. Thank you to Bianca at Gurkha for today’s presents!

Today’s going to be a busy day I think! I’m meeting not one, but two reasonable local winners to deliver presents today, and need to get Schon’s goodies packed and shipped. But I’m sure you’re waiting to hear who won the Azon cigars and cutter, right? I need to hear from advicefromarecruiter with his address so I can pass it on to Jack at Duran Premium Cigars! Congrats, enjoy, and Happy Holidays! Thanks again to Jack, he was one of the first to enthusiastically come on board this year!

You know what to do now, leave a comment here, check back tomorrow to see if you won!

RULES

All you have to do to enter is to leave a comment on the post of the day, if you can, try to post what you know or how you feel about today’s present, the folks donating the gift should get some feedback for their troubles! It’s not a condition to win, but it’s nice to have something to read. We did this last year and it benefits everyone. Once you’ve won, you’re out, let everyone else have a chance. Must be over 18 to win. Also, be sure to visit the links for each item. Comments on Facebook, Twitter, or anywhere else will not count, but feel free to spread the word!

Until tomorrow,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | December 21, 2015 · 6:20 am

CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2015 Day 11: Duran Premium Cigars

Today we have something quite special from Duran Premium Cigars. The Azan brand originated in Cuba in 1928, started by Chinese immigrants to the island. The brand was brought back from relative obscurity by Roberto P. Duran, who’s wife descended from the family who founded the brand. Today’s lucky winner will receive a ten count box of the Azan White Premium, a delicious cigar with a Ecuador Corojo wrapper around a blend of Nicaraguan and Brazilian fillers, a ten count box of the Azan Natural Maduro, with a dark, oily Maduro Corojo wrapper, and an Azan Xikar Xi1 cutter, provide your own fire and have many hours of enjoyment. The cigars are the Robusto Extra size, which is 5½” x 52. Thanks to Jack Toraño and Roberto P. Duran for providing this terrific gift.

Yesterday’s present was the Leccia Luchador El Gringo in the Frogsplash size. I smoked one (again, not from the box, it’s still sealed) and it was a very good smoke and burned for about an hour and a half. The worst part about it is that one feels that one still has a lot of tobacco left over when it gets too small to handle! I’m a big fan of the Luchador line, and I suspect the lucky winner today will be too. I need Schon Garrison to send me his address so I can ship this box off to him! Thanks again to Sam and Victoria at General Cigar Co. for sending this along!

You know what to do now, leave a comment here, check back tomorrow to see if you won!

RULES

Until tomorrow,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | December 20, 2015 · 8:25 am

CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2015 Day 10: Leccia Luchador

Here we are at Day 10 already! Last night my wife and I went out on the town, and ended up at Cigars International‘s Super Store in Hamburg, PA where they were holding an event with Sam Leccia and the MWF (Micro Wrestling Federation). They had a 12 foot x 12 foot ring in the center of the store and the place was packed. Sam greeted us at the door and we bought some Leccia Luchador cigars and hung out upstairs taking in the whole event. There were four rounds, one of which was a tag team, with much profanity and trash talking. It was hysterical, not at all politically correct, and loads of fun! There are a few pictures here to give you a little bit of an idea what was going on. Of course, the main event here today is the giveaway, which is a box of Leccia Luchador El Gringo Frogsplash (and I saw that move last night!). The Frogsplash is a 4½” x 70 box pressed cigar, featuring a dark Nicaraguan wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Pennsylvania. The box press makes the 70 ring gauge quite manageable, and it’s a very flavorful smoke. I smoked the Squared Circle, a box pressed torpedo, last night and it was really good. Thanks again to Victoria at General Cigar Co. for sending this great Day 10 present, and to Sam for his hospitality last night and for making great cigars!

Yesterday we had a great pair of gifts from Smoke Inn, the latest in their Micro-blend series, Illusione Pactum and Drew Estate’s Pope of Greenwich Village. The winner is a long time reader and a name I hear often in other social media outlets as a reader and listener, one who participates in chat rooms and comments. Swede214 is the winner, Carl, please send me your address so I can get these great cigars out to you!

You know what to do now, leave a comment here, check back tomorrow to see if you won!

RULES

Until tomorrow,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | December 19, 2015 · 6:37 am

CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2015 Day 9: Smoke Inn Microblends

Several years ago Abe at Smoke Inn, a chain of ten (or eleven?) stores in Florida, launched his Microblend series. He’s had some of the greatest cigar manufacturers on the planet making small batch, store exclusive cigars for him, including Fuente, Padron, Tatuaje, et cetera. This year Abe has provided two ten count packages of his most current Microblend releases, the Illusione Pactum and the Pope of Greenwich Village from Drew Estate. The Pactum is a 5½” x 56 San Andrés wrapped robusto with high priming Nicaraguan filler, a Box of 15. The Pope of Greenwich Village is 6″ x 40, and has the San Andrés wrapper also, with a Connecticut Stalk-Cut Habano binder and fillers of Brazilian Mata Fina and Nicaraguan tobaccos and comes in a bundle of 10. They both sound delicious, don’t they? Thanks to Abe and his Smoke Inn staff for sending these along. Abe also has a weekly radio show and podcast, Kiss My Ash Radio, which broadcasts every Saturday at 10am Eastern, check it out. Steve Saka is the special guest on today’s show.

This is going to cause some confusion….Yesterday’s winner of the Punch Signature Robustos from General Cigar Co. is Eric. I know there were at least two Eric’s who entered, so it’s the one who didn’t use his full name (sorry Eric W! Try again today). So the Eric who posted around 11:46 AM EST yesterday needs to send me his info. I smoked one of these last night (not from your box!) and it’s a really nice smoke, sweet tobacco goodness and great construction. Thanks to Victoria and all the folks at General Cigar Co.!

You know what to do now, leave a comment here, check back tomorrow to see if you won!

RULES

Until tomorrow,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | December 18, 2015 · 6:13 am

CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2015 Day 8: Punch Cigars

It’s Day Eight, and once again my friends at General Cigar Company have come through with another great present for this year’s event. New this year is the Punch Signature, an Ecuador Corojo wrapped robusto, with a Connecticut Habano binder and fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. These smoke very well, and taste great. As a mater of fact, I have one set aside for tonight, and have really been looking forward to smoking it! It’s a box of eighteen 5″ x 54 Robustos, many thanks to Victoria and everyone at General Cigar Company for today’s treat.

Yesterday we featured a travel humidor vastly improved by the talented artwork of Eric Whitfield, The Cigartist. Make sure you visit his site and buy some of his work to class up your mancave! There is one person who won’t have to buy a piece of his art, and that is Mike Hanna! Please send me your address so I can pass it on to Eric. Thank you to The Cigartist for providing this great item!

You know what to do now, leave a comment here, check back tomorrow to see if you won!